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882. Ḥarithah bin Wahb said: "I prayed two Rak'ah with the Prophet ﷺ at Minā, and the people were as secure as they ever were, and even more so." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas'ūd, Ibn 'Umar, and Anas.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Ḥarithah bin Wahb is a Hasan
Sahih Hadīth. It has been reported that Ibn Mas'ūd said: "I prayed two Rak'ah at Minā with the Prophet ﷺ, and with Abū Bakr, and with 'Umar, and two Rak'ah with 'Uthmān during the beginning of his leadership."
The people of knowledge differ over shortening the Salāt at Minā for the people of Makkah. Some of the people of knowledge said the people of Makkah are not to shorten their Salāt at Minā unless they are in Minā as a traveler. This is the saying of Ibn Jurāij, Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Yahya bin Sa'eed Al-Qaṭṭān, Ash-Shāfi'ī, Aḥmad and Iṣhāq. Some of them said there is no harm in the people of Makkah shortening their Salāt at Minā, and this is the view of Al-Awzā'ī, Mālik, Sufyān bin 'Uyainah, and 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Mahdī.
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Why did the Prophet ﷺ perform shortened prayers in Minā? Mostly, scholars and people of knowledge deem it due to travel while others think its only reason is worship as Hajj is an Ībādah (worship). Travel is not its reason as Minā is not that far away from Makkah, which validates the shorting of prayers. As Zuhr and Asr prayers are performed shortened and combined at 'Arafāt at the time of Zuhr, and similarly Maghrib and 'Ishā' prayers are performed combined at the time of 'Ishā' prayer at Muzdalifah. All Muslims do as it has been commanded.
